Claim Jumper Restaurants Started as a Father-Son Venture, Now Employs 4,500 During the holiday season, family and food go hand-in-hand. The Nickoloffs have taken this relationship to another level.

MISSION VIEJO CALIF. —The 45-unit Claim Jumper dinnerhouse chain, based in Irvine, Calif., and the 19-unit Pat & Oscar’s casual-dining group out of San Diego, both are using TakeOut ...

The Irvine-based Claim Jumper restaurant chain, which declared bankruptcy earlier this year, will be sold to another restaurant company. The bankruptcy court has approved the sale.